Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-11-10 | Page 4 | Walter Winchell

WALTER ALTER W WINCHELL Copyright 1933 1033 Daily Mirror Inc Portrait of a Columnist Taking It II 1 Easy There probably never was an obituary ary notice like i it but it-but but it was vas actually published first in a midwest journal and later by one of the more conservative conservative con con- papers in New York York and and andon on the front page Opie Reid a great editor is credited with patenting parenting it itt It t follows Sam Lobdel Is dead Some days ago he was stricken with poisoning from a wound while fighting with his wife when he was drunk Sam was vias an unique Only once In a generation is Is' a community pestered with such a human viper He was th the unsolved conundrum What Is he good for His only virtue was the persistence of his wickedness his only excellence was the stability of his un un- repentance Booze fighter liar chicken chick chick- en thief wife wIte beater egg stealer profane profane pro pro- fane and vile of speech He lIe was the trademark of ot sin the emblem of vice with no crime but beyond his capacity He wh even ven worse but he has gone hence and it Itis is never our inclination to kick kicka a man when he be is down Yet nt at his death his proverbial luck was with him He goes below Just is as as the whit whit- cuing frost rost and chilling wind arc are ushering ushering ush ush- ering in a cold and tedious se season for tor forthe the good who are left As was Vas often orten the case when in life Ute or in jail hell he'll keep warm at others' others expense Well so long Sam Sam and and so long as it is going to be for tor good long long luck I IThe The gossip column Influence Influence- h has finally fi Ii I I- I nally crashed the pages of a London newspaper r. r The Sunday Dispatch of London on 8 B covered cred Mayfair In fn this manner with the thc usual apolo apolo- gies gins The Marquess of gall Done wrote as follows the was tense then tense peace broke out One Ont Englishman soon to be melted Is uh uh uh-I huh with Sandra two others will soon i ibe be merged They have no s sensa- sensa yuma The Smileys are paling What actors actor's new heart is isS S a peeress Jimmy Walker is Sa- Sa One girl in for some The Marquess l was only stumped on the spelling of the yord which he spells The second i t is silent sir On One from the provinces provo inces still believes that the New York are buddies chums and pals He sets forth in a long complaint complaint com corn plaint that no matter how foul toul the material written by the so called log rollers in M Manhattan they continue to encourage each other There is a closed door in New York continues th the writer sand and capable people from Irom the hinterland nd cannot crash It il New Yorkers have sore hands and big backs and the slapping grows loud loud- er ero Of course this Is among the legends There might have been rolling log five or more years ears ago but ago but we have not nol recognized any my of it since then The argument however us of the best oot retort to that charge E. E P. P A A A. and Heywood Broun when their columns col were next to each other on the theold theold theold old World World were were often accused of scratching each other on the back in their respective pillars As a matter thatter of fact fact although although neighbors they heckled one another another and and sometimes with a wallop Yes observed one who knew them intimately you can still see F. F P. P As A.'s scratch on Brouns Broun's back to this day I